LESA Communications Officer Dave Jankens and Dispatcher Michelle Woodrow will be on the second season of Call 911 when the episode “Lives in Balance” airs on Friday, June 12th. 

The Higgins & Langley Memorial and Education Awards Committee is proud to announce the 2009 Higgins & Langley Memorial Awards in Swiftwater Rescue, which recognize excellence in the dangerous technical rescue discipline of swiftwater and flood rescue. The Higgins & Langley Swiftwater Rescue Incident Award is being presented to the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service, in recognition of the December 23, 2008 rescue of ten motorists stranded by the sudden rupture of a 66-inch water main on River Road during Washington, DC, morning rush hour traffic under record cold and Class II & III swiftwater conditions. Helicopter pilots from the Maryland State Police Aviation Command, and the United States Park Police, Aviation Unit, will share in this commendation.